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Feb 7, 2022

The Green Bay Packers signed tight end Alize Mack to a reserve/futures deal, according to the league’s transaction wire on Monday. - Mack, a seventh-round pick of the New Orleans Saints in 2019, visited the Packers on Tuesday of last week. - The former Notre Dame star is an elite athlete. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.74 seconds, hit 36″ in the vertical leap, finished the three-cone drill in 7.27 seconds and completed 22 reps in the bench press at the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine. - Mack has never appeared in a regular-season NFL game. - Mack (6-4, 249) has played for four different NFL teams. He spent time with the Detroit Lions last season. - The Packers may see Mack as the type of athlete who could carve out a niche as a move tight end in Matt LaFleur’s offense. The team only has Marcedes Lewis, Josiah Deguara and Tyler Davis under contract at tight end entering the offseason. - A futures deal becomes active at the start of the new league year in mid-March. - - RelatedEvaluating Packers roster and salary cap at TE entering 2022 offseason - - List - - Evaluating Packers roster entering 2022 offseason - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Packers Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Packers Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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